Overview

• Her death was confirmed on August 25 by the Unión de Actores y Actrices, noting she died on August 24 at Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid.
• Multiple outlets, including El País, report cancer as the cause, with no public details on the type or progression.
• Echegui rose to prominence with Bigas Luna’s Yo soy la Juani (2006), received several Goya nominations, and won a 2022 Goya as director for the short Tótem loba.
• She remained active in recent years, with the 2025 Apple TV+ series A muerte among her latest credits, and had been hospitalized for several days before her death.
• Tributes have been issued by colleagues and institutions, including Antonio Banderas, Juan Diego Botto, the Spanish Film Academy, and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.